Hexagram 40 line 2: Deliverance, yang in the second place

What changes when line 2 moves

Line 2 of Hexagram 40 is yang, a solid line. When it is cast as old yang (a 9) it flips, and the hexagram becomes Hexagram 16, Enthusiasm: Thunder rising from the earth: energy that moves people when it moves with the grain of things.

Read together, the reading moves from Deliverance toward Enthusiasm. The storm breaks and the tension releases: act quickly on what needs doing, forgive the rest, and return to normal. Earth below, thunder above: movement breaking out of stillness, music and spring. Enthusiasm is the power to carry people along, and the tradition ties it to timing and to the natural order: it works when it moves with the way things already tend, as thunder follows the season. The primary hexagram describes the situation; the changing line is the point of movement in it; the resulting hexagram is where that movement leads. Both hexagrams belong to the reading, and the changing line is the hinge between them.

Hexagram 40 changing to 16 →

Line 2 in context

Love & relationships

Clear out the flatterers and the deceptions; be straight about it. In love and relationships, Hexagram 40 reads: The tension has broken. Do what remains quickly and forgive what can be forgiven. Do not keep the argument alive after it is over. The reading favours a prompt return to ordinary warmth.

Career

Clear out the flatterers and the deceptions; be straight about it. In career, Hexagram 40 reads: The blockage has cleared. Act fast on the things that the clearing makes possible, then let the matter rest. Pardon errors made under pressure. Lingering over the crisis is the one thing that would restart it.

Money

Clear out the flatterers and the deceptions; be straight about it. In money, Hexagram 40 reads: Relief from a financial strain. Settle what needs settling quickly and return to normal management. Do not make dramatic moves in the euphoria of release.

A decision

Clear out the flatterers and the deceptions; be straight about it. In decisions, Hexagram 40 reads: If there is something to do, do it promptly; if not, return to ordinary life. The reading is against dwelling. Choose the option that closes the matter cleanly and forgives what it can.